Tim Orton
Managing Principal & CEO
Tim is a sought-after strategist and the Managing Principal and CEO of Nous Group. He has led the business through 25 years of uninterrupted growth including expansion across Australia, the UK and now North America. Tim has led strategy work for network businesses, energy retailers and generators for over 20 years.
Richard Bolt
Principal
Richard joined Nous after a diverse career in public advocacy and government. He formerly run Victorian Government departments across energy, resources, transport, jobs and economic development. He holds lead roles in national carbon and energy policy reform and driving technology innovation in energy, resources and agriculture. He is on the Steering Committee of Net Zero Australia.
Simon, a PhD economist, leads’ Nous Sustainable Development sector covering energy, decarbonisation, resources, environment, planning, transport and water. The breath of his energy work covers supporting national energy bodies understand the big shifts in Australia’s energy transition through to supporting renewable energy developers get projects off the ground.
Craig Knox Lyttle
Principal
Craig brings over 30 years of global experience helping clients thrive in continuously changing and complex operating environments. Craig has worked with energy and mining companies, regulators, economic development agencies and regional and remote communities, helping them transform the way they work to adapt to change and maintain social licence.
Mohamed Daif
Director
Mohamed is a strategy, investment and innovation expert. He works extensively on energy transition with developers, networks, retailers, investors and governments. His work strategies for new energy markets including storage and DER, commercial analysis and investment attraction. Mohamed has worked in the energy sector in Australia, Europe and the Middle East.
Mateja Hawley
Director
Mateja brings more than 10 years of experience in supporting organisations in energy and related sectors adapt their operating models to deliver on their strategy and decarbonisation objectives. With background in engineering and procurement, she provides practical and implementable strategic advice across all sectors.
Megan Huisman
Principal
Megan is an organisational performance expert, covering leadership development, operating and service model design, workforce strategy, and transformation design and implementation. Megan has an excellent track record in successfully building new organisational capabilities and high-performing teams, as well as delivering complex
structural change.
Tom Strawhorn
Director
Tom is an expert in energy and decarbonisation, and what the net zero transition means for businesses, governments and Australians. His energy work includes developing growth strategies, providing commercial and procurement advice and co-authoring the Net Zero Australia study.
Simon Guttmann
Principal
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